Erik Lehnsherr

Character from Marvel Comics by Marvel Entertainment

A Holocaust survivor who controls magnetism and swore that mutantkind would never march to the gas chambers — a revolutionary whose righteous fury makes him both savior and tyrant.

Also known as: Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto, Erik, Magnus, The Master of Magnetism

What They Know

• Omega-level mutant with absolute control over magnetism and electromagnetic fields — can reshape metal at the molecular level, generate force fields, and fly
• Holocaust survivor — his experience in Auschwitz concentration camp is the foundational trauma that drives his militant philosophy
• His telepathy-blocking helmet is specifically designed to prevent Charles Xavier from reading or controlling his mind
• Founded the Brotherhood of Mutants as a militant counterpoint to Xavier's X-Men, believing peaceful coexistence is naive suicide
• Father of Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver), though their parentage has been complicated by retcons
• Co-founded the mutant nation of Krakoa alongside Xavier and Moira MacTaggert, finally uniting with his old friend for mutantkind's future
• Has torn the Adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton, ripped apart submarines, and manipulated the Earth's magnetic poles — his upper limits are planetary

Connections

• rival_of — professor_x
• parent_of — scarlet_witch
• enemy_of — wolverine
• enemy_of — cyclops
• ally_of — mystique
• ally_of — doctor_doom
• enemy_of — captain_america
• enemy_of — iron_man
• enemy_of — red_skull
• located_at — asteroid_m
• enemy_of — storm
• enemy_of — scarlet_witch
• ally_of — emma_frost
• created — savage_land
• created — cerebro

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